use INFORMATION_SCHEMA; show tables; Tables_in_information_schema CHARACTER_SETS COLLATIONS COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY COLUMNS COLUMN_PRIVILEGES ENGINES EVENTS FILES KEY_COLUMN_USAGE PARTITIONS PLUGINS PROCESSLIST ROUTINES SCHEMATA SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES STATISTICS TABLES TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TABLE_PRIVILEGES TRIGGERS USER_PRIVILEGES VIEWS show tables from INFORMATION_SCHEMA like 'T%'; Tables_in_information_schema (T%) TABLES TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TABLE_PRIVILEGES TRIGGERS create database `inf%`; use `inf%`; show tables; Tables_in_inf% drop database `inf%`;